Table 6.
Odds ratios of viral or bacterial acute colitis prevalence for each of the four combined computed tomography parameters1
| CT parameter |
Viral
|
Bacterial
|
||||||
|
OR
|
95%CI
|
P
value
|
OR
|
95%CI
|
P
value
|
|||
| Summer and all four | 0.13 | 0.01 | 1.16 | 0.07 | 7.75 | 0.86 | 69.93 | 0.07 |
| Summer and at least one | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.28 | 0.00 | 24.95 | 3.59 | 173.43 | 0.00 |
| Winter and all four | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.35 | 0.00 | 26.90 | 2.82 | 256.26 | 0.00 |
| Winter and at least one | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.40 | 0.01 | 28.51 | 2.48 | 327.72 | 0.01 |
1
Submucosal edema, mucosal enhancement, continuous distribution, mucosal thickening. Adjusted for age, season, sex, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer history.
CT: Computed tomography.